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H. U. MEYER.

WATER CLOSET.

-Z Patented Aug. 2, 1881-.

" 1 .Toall whom it may concern:

' discharge their jections to this a V UNITED STATES ATENT FFQl'tlfllil.

HENRY O. MEYER, OF NEW YORK, N.

WATERCLOSET.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,196,

Application tiled March 5, 1881. (No model.)

jQBe it known that I, HENRY U. MEYER, of

ew- York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented cer- 51min new andrgel'ul improvements in Waterftllosets'; and I do hereby declare that the fol- Qlowing is afull and exact description thereof,

: referencetieing had to theaccompanyingdrawings, making part of this application. .My invention relates to a novel mode of con- Qnecting the trap-like tubular device or portion of porcelain or other earthenware watcr-closet bowls with the soil-pipe,into which such bowls contents.

Previous to my invention it has been custoniary to connect the lower end or leg of the earthenware trap with the branch nozzle of the soi 1 pi pe pipe, preferably of lead,jointed at its lower end to the said soilpipe branclnin the usual manner of joiningsuch pipes, and having its upper end joined to the lower flanged leg of the earthenware trap by {means of a cement or putty joint, with the lead-pipe end flanged over onto the floor ot' the apartment, and with the flange of the trap-leg resting on top of said lead-pipe flange, in a manner familiar to those skilled in the art.

At Figure 1 of my drawings I have illus trated this usual mode of attachment of the trap to the pipe, forming the connection bc-. tween its lower end and the soil-pipc. (he obmode of putting up this kind of water-closet apparatus are that, in the first "place, the putty joint or cement joint is one .which cannot, under any circumstances, be relied upon for that perfection, in a sanitary point of View; which can be found in the use ofa soldcredjoint; and, in the next place, by 0 reason of the inevitable warpa-ge, settling, or' otherwise effected change of position of the floor-surface relatively to the united metal and earthenware devices, thejoint between the lower end of the trap-legend the upper end of the connecting-pipc will sooner or later be strained and become leaky, in which event of course all benefit of trapping the closet is lost, sin, .e any sewer-gas in the soil-pipemay escape il ito he house at the point of the defective joint.

I propose by my invention to entirely evercome these objections 'apparatus'or eontrivance which, while it shall 1 (thelatter being usually of? I iron) by means of a short dated August 2, 1881,

and provide for use an involvz little or no extra cost in plumbing a house, shall al'i'ord for use a water-closet having its earthen ware portions soperfectly united with the soil-pipethat there can be no possibility of any impairment to thejoints between the trap-legend the soii-pipe, no matter to what extent the relative positions of the parts of the amiaratus may be changed by the warp age or shrinkage of the wood-work or the settling ot' the walls of the house.

To these ends and objects my invention consists in the employment, in combination with the earthenware trap portion of the bowl and the usual soil-pipe, ofalead orothcr ficxiblecou necting-pipc, an d metallic ferrules or thimblelike devices tightly-joined to the said trap pen tion of thcbowl and to the soil-pipe branch, and soldered at their more adjacent ends to the oppositc ends of the lead connecting-pipe, all substantially in the manner hereinafter to be more fully explained, whereby I am enabled to make perl'ectly and endurably tight connections between the earthenware trap and the metallic soil-pipe.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my improvement relates to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to i'ullydescribc the construction and operation ot'a water closet apparatus embracing it,ret'erring by letters to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, and in which- Figure 2 .is a vertical section of a water closet bowl and its connections with the soil-pipe, together with so much of the last-named de vice as, it is necessary to show in order to fully illustrate my invention. Fig. 3 is a dctail sectional view of the jointed parts at the vicinity of the lower end of the leg of the trap, drawn on asomcwhat enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a view (on the same enlarged scale) showing in detail and separated the brass forrule or nipple device, which is combined with the leg of the trap, and also the end portion of the earthenware trap-leg; and Fig. 5 shows in detail, and detached, the washer and nut used in connection with the parts seen at Fig. 4.

In these several figures the same part, 100

wherever it occurs,

will be found designated by the same letter of reference.

' soil-pipe,

- thread, p,

. the edge 'or mouth of b a his washer or packing-ring, a. The nut o is ferrule 0 until it engages of the latter, I and, being he washer or packing-ring d of b, and also spreads it, causing its interior edge to bearhard against the exterior of ferrule c, thus perfectly packtight thejoint between "of the ferrule f is inserted into the enlarged .01, home against the on A is the bowl, of ordinary construction, except as to the leg portion of the trap B, which, in lieu of being shorter, and preferably of Fig. 2, floor or O is the ordinary soil-pipe, branch nozzle at c for the water-closet to connect with.

D is a lead or other level of the base m of the bowl.

in the usual manner, .to ferrule-like metallic devices, bly of tinned brass, which are respectively tightly jointed to and to the metal soil-pipe, I will now explain.

The end of the trap-leg B is made with an d, in the interior portion 1) are forined anguenlargement, of which enlarged lar depressions a.

c is a tinned-brass ferrul cylindrical in form, provided at one b, at its open en tion b of signed and adapted place the washer n. c, by means of its lugs d,

any two devices united by what is co called a united has placed over then. put over the with the thread 1) screwed on, forces t ing or making perfectly I said'ferrule and the endb of the earthen trap One end of the lead pipe 1) is securely sol- I to the outer end of the ferrule 0,, and the other end of said pipe is in like man'- ner soldered to the upper end of the ferrule f, The lower end dered, as at i,

as shown at It. (See Fig. 2.

or flanged end of the branch 0 of the soil-pipe and is therein secured made as usual,'is somewhat the form seen at so that it does not reach down to the having the usual suitably-flexible pipe connecting the earthenware trap B to the but which, instead of being applied has its ends soldered fast made preferathe trap B of earthenware in amanner which e or nipple, about end with projecting lugs 11, as shown, that are adapted to engage with the depressions a of the porthe trap B. Said ferrule has a screw-' located exteriorly of its body, near the middle lengthwise of it, for thGflCOOlDlIlO- dation of a nut, 0, the flange of which is dcto compress and hold in (See Fig.3.) The ferrule placed in" engagement with tho depressions a inolded in b, is held fast to b longitudinally, after the fashion .of

7 mnionly uayonet-fastening, and when so it and seated against leather or other flexiso as to form a perfectly,

tight joint by means of metal packing in the usual manner of making such joints, as shown at g. l

Now, constructed as herein described and shown not only are the connections between the earth en ware bowl and the metallic soil-pipe of such a nature that they can be made perfectly tight to start with, but the combination of devices employed, and their arrangement and co-operative action, are such that no usual amount of displacement of the earthenware portion of the apparatus relatively to the branch 0 of the soil-pipe (by the usual causes of such relative displacement of the parts) can loosen or injuriously strain the joints, for the ferrules e' and f are each rigidly and securely fastened by soldering, as described, to one end of the'flexible pipe 1), and the ferrule f may be jointed tothe branch 0 in the permanent manner possible, while the ferrule c has a tightly-packed joint with the end b of the trap B, which not only will remain ti ght, but can be tightened, it necessary, by turning the jam-nut 0. Further more, in case of any necessity therefor, tht bowl,with its trap B, can be removed orchan get in position after having been set by simph loosening the nut o and washer n and separat ing b from c by bending the flexible pipe I and turningand lifting out the earthenwan device B without injury to the soldered joints and. in first setting up the water-closet th solder joints at i and it can be made for th close attachment of the ferrules c and f to th pipe D before said pipe and ferrules are cloii nected to the other parts, thus enabling th workman to more conveniently make the so' der joints and make them with greater perfei tion than is possible in soldering togethz parts underinconveniences in working at then What I claim as new, and desire to seen! by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the trap-like portion of the earthenwarebowl and a flexiblemet: connecting-pipe, D, adapted to' connect tl closet with: the soil-pipe, a metallic ferrule-iii deyice, 0, adapted tobe connected at one er to the part B, as de cribed, and to be soldert at its other end to t c said flexible pipe D, l and for the purposes set forth. In testimony'whereof v.1; have hereunto s mifh'and'this 24th day of February, 1881,

' i HENRY G; MEYER.

it will be seen that in, a water-closet 

